Outboard motor guard



April 26, 1955 CREW 2,706,960

OUTBOARD MOTOR GUARD Filed March 24, 1954 I V 77150000: I. arm;

United States Patent 2,706,960 OUTBOARD MOTOR GUARD Theodore Francis Crew, Baltimore, Md. Application March 24, 1954, Serial No. 418,410 3 Claims. (Cl. 11542) damage the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guard of the character thus generally defined which is of light weight, of simple construction, which may be applied to boats of various sizes and types without the exercise of special skill and without the necessity for special tools or appliances.

provide a guard of the character generally stated which provides means whereby the motor may b In the drawing:

accordance with the invention,

Fig, 2 is a top plan view of the guard removed from the boat,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the housing substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 1s a fragmentary top plan view, on a slightly enlarged scale, illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the boat, represented generally at 5, is provided with the usual plate or stern piece 6 and skeg 7.

It will be understood that the guard of my invention may be used in not shown, understood.

2,706,960 Patented Apr. 26, 1955 The entire motor structure tical f my invention includes a bracket formed of light angle H011 and indicated generally at 12 secured plate 6 of the b are connected at their a drop section to accombracket arms 13 lower ends as at 15 to provide modate the skeg 7 of the boat.

e outer arms 13 have connected thereto wardly extending parallel It will be noted,

In Fig. 4 of the trated, wherein the gates 20 hinges indicated at 24; the springs of these hinges tending normally to force the gates into downward or closed position.

. In prac the stem 1. A frame, thereof propeller guard for boats comprising a hollow arm portions on said frame at the forward end to be secured to and conforming with the stern wardly of said frame to' be secured to the stern of a boat, 10 a second pair of arm portions disposed inwardly of the sides of said frame and connected together at their lower ends, mesh fabric covering said frame and extending between said arm portions, and gates closing the top of said frame.

3. A propeller guard for boats comprising a frame having spaced parallel side portions, mesh fabric covering the bottom, front, sides and back of said frame, gates of mesh fabric hingedly connected to the top portions of said side members and normally closing the top of said frame, and said gate members cut away at their ad- 5 jacent edges to provide between them at a substantially elongated opening.

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